I loved Gone Girl and Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. She has these amazingly mean women in her stories LOL! But they keep me on the edge of my seat finishing those books quickly!

The Girl on the Train was excellent, super suspenseful, I could not stay away, I read this one super super fast.

While looking for more suspense I found Vanished by Joseph Finder, it’s fiction but very realistic, seems like tv show!! He has lots more books like this, maybe another day I’ll go back to them.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett, I saw the movie a while back but the audiobook, oh the audiobook!! It’s amazing and please listen to it in audiobook format because it has the best acting!

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, I heard about this book about 20 years ago and never got to read it, well I’m glad I did, it’s a great lesson taught in a cute and different way.

Non-fiction is harder for me to read but I’m getting more excited about it lately:

I just read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, super easy read, if you listen to the audiobook she reads it herself. It’s about creativity and what she believes is the process.

Following the same theme, my friend Lorraine from Viva Fifty recommended this book: How to fly a horse by Kevin Ashton which talks about creativity in so many levels setting some examples from history, it’s a longer read but I loved it so much I think I might need to buy it to have it as reference, I even got the hard copy from the library at the same time I was listening to the audiobook!

Smart Money Smart Kids by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze, this book I listened to before having the OverDrive app, I bought it directly from Dave Ramsey as soon as it went out and I think it’s amazing, super useful, it has real tips and ideas on how to teach your kids about money. They narrate it themselves and the best part is that you have the father and daughter experience.

Those are all my recommendations, for now, maybe by the end of the year I’ll have a lot more, yay! If you have any books you would like to recommend, let me know! I’m looking into reading more non-fiction right now.

Goodreads

Another app that I think complements really well with OverDrive is Goodreads, I had my username in there for years but never did much with it and now I use it and go read what my friends are reading and their reviews they give each book so I get more ideas for what to read next.

I think that when you finish a good book, that’s the part that gets a little harder, what book should I read next? And Goodreads helps out. Go connect with me over there so we can each inspire each other with books!

Magazines in OverDrive

One last thing about OverDrive you want to know is that you can also borrow magazines!!! Yay! This makes me so excited because I’m a magazine hoarder, I collect too many and I just subscribe to two but through the years if I buy some I won’t want to throw it away, so keeping it digital will help.

Not all the libraries will have this feature, in my case it’s only available on the LA Library aaaand you get to download the magazine to the NOOK app (free) and keep it there forever! Unlike ebooks and audiobooks, magazines don’t expire!! I think this is a super well kept secret. Of course, you won’t be able to find all the published magazines in the world available but they do have quite a good selection. Go check them out if you love magazines and thank me later!